February 22, 2018

Residency program expands ranks of experienced PACU nurses

By: Judith M. Mathias, MA, RN
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Just as nursing schools don’t include the operating room in their curriculums, they also don’t include any instruction on the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). And like the OR, the PACU is having trouble recruiting new nurses. In September 2015, Houston Methodist…
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